Warm-up Round (10 Questions, 500 Points each, 14 seconds to answer after posting of Question & Choices; No Clues):1. The "P" in the navigational device named "GPS" stands for:_________________________.
[Choices: Perfect, Positioning, Probing, Place, Patterned ]
2. What is a mixture of stiffly beaten eggs and sugar called?_______________________
[Choices: Meringue, Froth, Fluff, Mush, Frosting ]
3. The Japanese flag is white with a ____________________ on it.
[Choices: Red circle, Black cross, Pyramid, Peacock, Dragon ]
4. Which person would you most likely refer to as a "potentate"?_____________________
[Choices: Deejay, Astronaut, Laborer, Monarch, Scientist ]
5. Which of these is *NOT* classified as a Nordic country?________________________
[Choices: Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway ]
6. The Best Picture Oscar at this month's Academy Awards went to:___________________________.
[Choices: Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Parasite, 1917, Marriage Story ]
7. Which word describes a color quality?____________________
[Choices: Tributary, Hue, Integrity, Spectacle, Amplitude ]
8. This geologic formation is produced when a hard rock layer protects rock below it from erosion:____________________.
[Choices: Mesa, Alluvial fan, sinkhole, Glacier, Fault ]
9. Which of these events happened first?_________________________
[Choices: First Super Bowl, Desmond Tutu wins Nobel, Bonnie and Clyde killed, Chicago Seven trial, Alaska becomes a state ]
10. The Ionian League was a confederation of:_________________________.
[Choices: Swiss cantons, Carthaginian generals, Medieval merchants, Roman legions, Greek city states ]
Countdown Round (12 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 16 seconds, and with 3 Clues): 11. The U.S. V. Paramount, a 1948 court case, was the beginning of the end of Hollywood's:____________________.
[Choices: Studio system, Casting couch, Use of Technicolor, Auteur theory, Star system ]
12. Scorpions inhabit all these environments except:________________________.
[Choices: Sand, Rocks, Trees, Ocean, Ground ]
13. This 2012 novel is about a woman who disappears on her wedding anniversary:_____________________.
[Choices: Running on Empty, Reckless, Gone Girl, The Edge of Ever, The Forgotten One ]
14. "Fons et origo" is a Latin phrase indicating the _________________ of something.
[Choices: Judgment, Destruction, Antithesis, Acme, Source ]
15. Where would one see a cuadrilla?______________________
[Choices: Bullfight, Kitchen, Cricket match, Flower garden, Airport ]
16. Juventus is a famous soccer club that calls this city home:______________________.
[Choices: Turin, Stuttgart, Antwerp, Manchester, Barcelona ]
17. What actress-playwright wrote a 1926 play titled "Sex"?_______________________
[Choices: Mae West, Lena Dunham, Ruth Gordon, Elaine May, Clara Bow ]
18. If you were making a pina colada you would need rum, cream of coconut and __________________ juice.
[Choices: Mango, Cranberry, Orange, Pineapple, Apple ]
19. You have to master this activity when playing the "Harvest Moon" video game:_______________________.
[Choices: Building a tower, Riding a unicycle, Milking a cow, Surfing a wave, Climbing a glacier ]
20. Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul was born on this island in 1932:________________________.
[Choices: Jersey, Jamaica, Madagascar, Malta, Trinidad ]
21. The Gretsch 6120 is a type of:_______________________.
[Choices: Bicycle, Blender, Vacuum cleaner, Skateboard, Guitar ]
22. To see the scenery of Mount Elgon National Park you'll need to travel to:_______________________.
[Choices: Kenya, Sweden, Colombia, Haiti, Costa Rica ]
Category Round (6 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease from 4 to 20 seconds, and with 3 Clues; Category chosen by majority vote at each Site): 23.(a) THE BIBLE v U.S. cities: In the Gospel of St. Matthew, Jesus was arrested here:________________________.
[Choices: Passover celebration, At his mother's house, By the Sea of Galilee, Among the moneychangers, Garden of Gethsemane ]
24.(a) ENGLISH ROYALS v Golfers: An English historian would know that ____________________ was one of the "Princes in the Tower".
[Choices: Timothy I, George IV, Winthrop III, James II, Edward V ]
25.(a) Screenwriters v WORLD NEWS: This Chinese city is Ground Zero of the coronavirus outbreak:__________________________.
[Choices: Wuhan, Shanghai, Taipei, Foshan, Nagoya ]
26.(a) Golfers v THE BIBLE: In which book of the Bible will you find the parable of the Good Samaritan?______________________
[Choices: Genesis, Gospel of St. Luke, Acts of the Apostles, The Book of Daniel, Book of Revelation ]
27.(a) WORLD NEWS v English Royals: Storm Ciara wreaked havoc on this part of the world last week:_____________________.
[Choices: Northwest Europe, Micronesia, Arabian peninsula, Central America, Bangladesh ]
28.(a) U.S. CITIES v Screenwriters: In which city is the massive Mall of America located?_________________________
[Choices: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Fargo, Chicago, Bloomington ]
Lightning Round (7 Questions: 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000 Points, but time to read & answer decreases from 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5 to 4 seconds): 29. What pioneer of wearable technology did Google buy in 2019?________________________
[Choices: Pinterest, Fitbit, Fleetwit, Galvan, Instagram ]
30. Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park has the only natural breeding ground for this bird:________________________.
[Choices: California condor, Mariana crow, Bald eagle, Whooping crane, Brown pelican ]
31. "Tequila Sunrise" is a 1988 crime thriller movie starring:_________________________.
[Choices: Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Paul Reubens, Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy ]
32. What city is home to Hopkins International Airport?_________________________
[Choices: Cleveland, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas, Tampa ]
33. Which word would best describe someone who is feeling depressed?________________________
[Choices: Tactile, Eclesiastic, Chapfallen, Wiggy, Smarmy ]
34. Citizens of this country use dinars to pay their debts:_______________________.
[Choices: Armenia, Mongolia, Djibouti, Libya, Iran ]
35. Phil and Don were the names of the singing ____________________ Brothers.
[Choices: Statler, Bellamy, Everly, Gatlin, Righteous ]
Dreaded Pyramid Round (5 Questions: 12000, 7000, 4000, 2000, 1000 Points for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Right out of 5; Time from post of Question & Choices = 16 seconds; No Clues): 36. In the Sikhism religion, kesh is the practice of not:____________________________.
[Choices: Cutting one's hair, Eating vegetables, Bathing, Speaking, Wearing jewelry ]
37. This literary character was killed when "a wind blew out of a cloud":_______________________.
[Choices: Wilfred of Ivanhoe, The Ancient Mariner, Mother Goose, Annabel Lee, The Jabberwock ]
38. Which African capital city is a seaport?___________________________
[Choices: Lilongwe, Brazzaville, Kigali, Mogadishu, Maseru ]
39. A biologist would most likely be familiar with this term for "underground":__________________________.
[Choices: Hypogeal, Subclavian, Histrionic, Endocommensal, Fistula ]
40. Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was executed for treason during the reign of:______________________.
[Choices: Anthony II, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Richard III, William IV ]
Final Jeopardy Question on PERIODIC TABLE (50% Bonus if Right Immediately; Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds, and with 3 Clues; 50% Deduction if Final Choice is Wrong):41. In Periodic Table classification, Basic Metals include lead, aluminum and:_____________________.
[Choices: Tin, Cobalt, Iron, Copper, Scandium ]
Answers:1. Positioning [Chris (CEEZED) at Whispers Pub, Ottawa ON may have pre-called this first among the chorus. Andrew C (GRYFON), a Procedural Clerk (expert) for the House of Commons, piped up, as a pre-call, "Pork" as in "Government Pork System". See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System .]
2. Meringue [Myfanwy (SPRAJO) pre-called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meringue ]
3. Red circle [I (REACH) pre-called this first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan . A fellow Math teacher used to torment his students by asking them to colour a circle red, and mark them wrong if they coloured in the interior of the disk (the circle is the line of zero width at the edge of the disk; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_(mathematics) . So technically I pre-called this wrong; the answer should have been "Red disk". This kind of pickiness re definitions drives me nuts in the Buzztime questions re "Art movements" or "Art periods" when there are artists straddling periods (e.g. the Brueghels in last week's SHOWDOWN game). ]
4. Monarch [I called this first; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/potentate ]
5. Netherlands [My call first; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries ]
6. Parasite [Patrick (MRRED) or Paul (WLDCAT) were first in a chorus of pre-calls; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_(2019_film) ]
7. Hue [Pre-called as a guess by Sue (SWIFT); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hue ]
8. Mesa [My call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa ]
9. Bonnie and Clyde killed [Called first from the other table upstairs at Whispers (BGRETR or Paul?), then Dai (BLADOR) at our table. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde (killed in 1934). I am ashamed to admit that I stupidly switched to "Alaska statehood" because I thought of the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" which was in the late 1960s, forgetting that the real Bonnie and Clyde died during the Depression. D'oh! ]
10. Greek city states [I pre-called "Greek", and Andrew added "city states"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_League ]
11. Studio system [Pre-call by Paul at the other table?, followed by Dai at ours. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... ctures_Inc. (the period at the end of "Inc" does not register in the link, so you'll have to Click on a "Do you mean...." option listed) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system ]
12. Ocean [Called first by Chris (CEEZED)? See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion ]
13. Gone Girl [Pre-called by Patrick? See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Girl_(novel) ]
14. Source [Dai pre-called "the beginning" or "source"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fons_et_origo ]
15. Bull fight [Andrew pre-called "on a dance floor" (a "quadrille" is a dance); when the Choices appeared, Myfanwy and I called "bull fight" as closest to 4 dancers around the action. See
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cuadrilla ]
16. Turin [Called by soccer player Richard (ACE); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventus_F.C. ]
17. Mae West [Pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_(play) ]
18. Pineapple [Pre-call by Myfanwy; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pina_colada ]
19. Milking a cow [I guessed this from "Harvest Moon" which I associated with farming; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Moon_(video_game) ]
20. Trinidad [Pre-call by Paul at the other table?, then Dai at ours; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Naipaul . Because of the use of all capital letters in the Questions, as in Q11, Sue thought it odd that Q20 read "Nobel Laureate vs...." (as did I), and we all had a good laugh. Dai got this right because he recognized "Naipaul" and skipped the "V.S." ]
21. Guitar [Pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretsch_6120 ]
22. Kenya [Pre-called by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Elgon_National_Park . Chris then pre-called "Kenya dig it?", and we all roared with laughter when this turned out to be the 3rd Clue! We compete individually to pre-call an Answer, but pre-calling a 3rd Clue???? ]
23.(a) Garden of Gethsemane [Dai pre-called "Gethsemane" and Andrew added "Garden of..."; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane ]
24.(a) Edward V [Phil (BSLXPN) pre-called "Edward....", and only one Edward was listed as a Choice; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_V_of_England ]
25.(a) Wuhan [A chorus of pre-calls; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan ]
26.(a) Gospel of St. Luke [Andrew pre-called "New Testament", and I pre-called "One of the..." and Dai finished the thought with "Gospels". There was a wrong guess about which Gospel, but only one Gospel was listed as a Choice, so this was a gimme. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_o ... _Samaritan . In these polarized times, the power of Jesus' teaching may be understood if we substitute "Palestinian" for "Samaritan". ]
27.(a) Northwest Europe [Dai pre-called "UK"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Ciara ]
28.(a) Bloomington [After pre-calls for "Minnesota" and "St. Paul or thereabouts", a chorus for "Bloomington"; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_of_America ]
29. Fitbit [Phil called this one; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitbit and
https://time.com/5717726/google-fitbit/ ]
30. Whooping crane [Pre-call by Dai; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whooping_crane ]
31. Mel Gibson [Pre-call by Sue; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequila_Sunrise_(film) . Mel Gibson appeared on the giant screen showing the Ottawa Senators v. Buffalo Sabres hockey game, a guest of Senators' owner (boo! hiss!!!) Eugene Melnick. Gibson was in the Ottawa/Almonte area shooting a film about a Santa Claus character.]
32. Cleveland [someone called this, perhaps at the other table; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland ... al_Airport ]
33. Chapfallen [Dai called this first; see
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/chapfallen ]
34. Libya [I pre-called "Middle East", then Dai called "Libya" once the Choices appeared ("dinar" comes from "denarius", a silver coin of ancient Rome). See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_dinar and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinar ]
35. Everly [My pre-call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers ]
36. Cutting one's hair [Pre-called at the other table (by Paul?); see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesh_(Sikhism) ]
37. Annabel Lee [only Sue guessed right on this one; Chris and I first guessed this independently, but wrongly switched. I overthought "a wind blew out of a cloud", deciding it was an example of magical thinking, e.g. in a Mother Goose story, since I did not know that it meant a chill leading to e.g. pneumonia and death. D'oh! See
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/ ... nnabel-lee and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabel_Lee ]
38. Mogadishu [Pre-call by Paul? See the section "Geography" at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu ]
39. Hypogeal [Dai called this, from "hypo"="under" and "gaia"="geo"="earth". See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogeal and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo ]
40. Elizabeth I [My pre-call; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_De ... l_of_Essex . Whatever the truth of the alleged affair, it inspired the 1939 movie starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Priva ... _and_Essex and for a clip near the end, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXCnKbxnH6I . It also inspired the 1837 opera by Gaetano Donizetti; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Devereux and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HkB_iHuinQ ]
41. Tin [Dai called this first, and I confirmed this right away. As a Chemistry major over 50 years ago, I had never seen the term "Basic Metal", and my first thought was amphoteric oxides which react both with acids and with bases ("amphi"="both", as "amphibians" live in both water and land). E.g. aluminum. The only thing common to both aluminum and lead is that they are metals on the right side of the Periodic Table, so the answer was likely tin, which is also on the right side of the Table.
See
https://www.thoughtco.com/properties-ba ... oup-606654 and
https://www.thoughtco.com/basic-metals-list-606648 .
A more common term is "base metal" which the alchemists wanted to convert to gold; see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_metal and
https://www.thebalance.com/base-metals-2340104 . Note that this list includes copper, which was one of the Choices in Q41. So depending on the definitions of "base metal" and "basic metal", one could get really, really confused and upset. Almost a crap shoot, and likely to slow answering this Question. Anyone experience this?]
Despite blowing Q37 ("Annabel Lee"), Whispers managed to wind up the #2 Site in Canada & the USA. Congrats to Chasers in Oshawa ON for their #1 Site ranking.
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